ThereisaveryfamoustraditionalChineselovestorythathasacloseconnectiontotheDragonBoatFestival.Long,longago,twosnakes,onewascalledWhiteLadyandanotherwashersister,calledXiaoQing,livedonE’meiMountain.WhiteLadywaswillingtorepayXuXianforherlifebefore500yearsago.ThentheyturnedthemselvesintobeautifulmaidensandsetoffonajourneytotheWestLakeofHangZhou.Outsidethecitygate,butstillnotfarfromtheWestLake,therewasamedicineshoprunbyayoungmannamedXuXian.Hewasadmiredintheneighborhoodforhisdiligenceandhonesty.Hisparentshaddiedsomeyearsbeforeandheremainedunmarried.OnthedayofthePureBrightnessFestival,hegotupveryearlyand,accordingtothecustom,setouttovisithisparent’sgraves,takingwithhissacrificialofferings.AttheBrokenBridge,hehappeneduponWhiteLady.Beingsoattractedtoeachother,XuXianandWhiteLadyfellinloveandtheyweresoonmarried.Thenew-wedsmovedtoSuzhouwheretheyopenedanmedicineshopanddidmanysignificantandmeaningfulthingstothelocalcitizens.Theysoldalotoftheirowndrugsintheformofpowdersandplasters.Aboardsaying“FreeMedicineforthePoor”washungabovethedoor.Theygotonwellwiththeneighborhoodandlivedacomfortablelife.TheylovedeachotherdeeplyandgotalovelysonnamedXuShilin.Butthemonk,namedFaHai,whocamefromtheJinshanTemple,keptmakingWhiteLadydie.Afterseveraltwistsandturns,WhiteLadywasenclosedinhismagicalms-bowlandburiedundertheLeifengTempleatthesideoftheWestLake.Hemadethemapartandtheyhadnochancetomeet.After18years,theirson,XuShilin,tookthetraditionalChineseexaminationandgotthechampion.HestroveforsavinghismotheroutoftheTemple.HisXiaomovedtheGod.GuanyinhelpedhimandfreedtheWhiteLadyoutoftheTemple.Finally,thefamilygotareunion.
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